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Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the
matter.
Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the
matter.
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
